{"id":297021,"date":"2023-10-24T16:24:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=297021"},"modified":"2023-10-24T16:24:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:24:27","slug":"ten-hag-will-struggle-making-man-united-great-again-says-simon-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ten-hag-will-struggle-making-man-united-great-again-says-simon-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Hag will struggle making Man United great again says Simon Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Erik ten Hag will struggle to take Man United &#8216;back to the top&#8217;, claims Simon Jordan, as he brands the Red Devils boss &#8216;a small man in a big suit&#8217; ahead of must-win Champions League clash with Copenhagen<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Jordan also claimed that Ten Hag is &#8216;not in the same bracket&#8217; as Pep or Klopp<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>The Red Devils sit bottom of their Champions League group with no wins in two<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Simon Jordan has claimed that Erik ten Hag is &#8216;not in the same bracket&#8217; as Pep Guardiola or Jurgen Klopp and he will &#8216;struggle&#8217; to achieve what Manchester United really want, which is to win the league again.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The renowned broadcaster said he had a gut feeling that Ten Hag is not ready to manage a club like United and recalled observing one year ago that he was &#8216;a small man in a big suit&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The former Ajax manager faces a must-win game against Copenhagen tonight as the Red Devils sit bottom of their Champions League group with no wins in two.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jordan, who owned Premier League club Crystal Palace for a decade, referenced\u00a0Zlatan Ibrahimovic&#8217;s doubts over the Dutchman who wasn&#8217;t sure whether he knew how to coach big players coming from a club like Ajax to Man United.<\/p>\n<p>He then said:\u00a0&#8216;I don&#8217;t know with Ten Hag. My gut feel &#8211; and you&#8217;ve got to stick with it even if the evidence at certain times contradicts it &#8211; is that Ten Hag is going to struggle to achieve clearly and surely what Manchester United must want, which is an ascent back to the top.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/16\/76941869-12666901-image-a-62_1698161279840.jpg\" height=\"405\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Simon Jordan has claimed Erik ten Hag is &#8216;not in the same bracket&#8217; as Guardiola or Klopp<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/16\/76941827-12666901-image-a-63_1698161282031.jpg\" height=\"538\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Talksport presenter said that the Dutchman was a &#8216;small man in a big suit&#8217; one year ago<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To do that, you&#8217;ve got to overcome Guardiola and Klopp and I don&#8217;t think Ten Hag is in that bracket.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And that means that Man United are not only not good enough behind the scenes, not good enough on the pitch &#8211; there&#8217;s potentially the argument they&#8217;re not good enough in the dugout.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Now if he&#8217;s given a lot of time to acquire those skills and he&#8217;s given a significant period of opportunity, good transfer windows and a change of direction behind the scenes then maybe he gets the chance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If you get booted out of the Champions League after losing three games in a row, and I don&#8217;t think they will tonight&#8230; then you can clearly understand why people are starting to go &#8211; there&#8217;s not a lot going on here that is particularly positive.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Man United got back to winning ways on Saturday night after they beat Sheffield United 2-1 away from home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Diogo Dalot and Scott McTominay ensured victory on the day they mourned the loss of club legend Sir Bobby Charlton.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They currently sit eighth in the Premier League table above Chelsea and West Ham.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12666901\/Erik-ten-Hag-struggle-Man-United-claims-Simon-Jordan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erik ten Hag will struggle to take Man United &#8216;back to the top&#8217;, claims Simon Jordan, as he brands the <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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